Vista AccessibilityMicrosoft commissioned Forrester Research to ‘measure the market’ for accessibility technology and present findings about computer users who could benefit from it. The results were surprising. One quarter had a visual impairment, nearly the same percentage had dexterity difficulties, and one fifth had hearing problems. From ITWeek, February 19, 2008

Tech Finally at Hand for India's 60 Million DisabledPriti Rohra, a 30-year-old Mumbai resident, is your regular working woman with a corporate job and travels by local trains to work. But her poor eyesight, at 40% of normal, means she has difficulties reading signs or negotiating potholes.From LiveMint.com, February 19, 2008

Accessible Radio Project GrowsDr. Ellyn Sheffield, Towson University professor and NPR Labs researcher, plans to spend the next six months asking people in the visually-impaired, hard of hearing, and geriatric communities what features they’d like to see in an HD Radio.
From RWOnline.com, February 13, 2008

Top Industry Leaders Gather to Discuss Accessibility StrategiesTop leaders from some of the nation's most prominent corporations and government agencies gathered in Orlando for the Assistive Technology Industry Association Leadership Forum on Accessibility, an annual two-day event that discusses business strategies regarding the implementation of accessibility solutions for persons with disabilities.
From MarketWire, February 12, 2008

EU Acts to Remove Web Barriers for DisabledThe hurdles faced by disabled citizens every day are not just infrastructure-related. Despite the disabled being the most frequent users of media, just 5% of websites in Europe are accessible to the blind and an even smaller proportion of TV programmes are deaf-friendly.From EurActiv.com, February 08, 2008

Committee Supports 2008 Joint Accessibility PlanThe finance and corporate services committee adopted the 2008 Joint Accessibility Plan during its meeting earlier today, setting the standard for how the city and its partners will identify, remove and prevent barriers for people with disabilities in the coming year.From Kitchener, January 29, 2008

Assistive Technology Lab for Disabled CommunityA half-day closure seminar is being organized by Razzett tal-Hbiberija on Friday to publicly share work and experience from the 'Inclusive ICT Training and Development Programme' that has been running at Razzett since December 2006.From MaltaMedia, January 29, 2008